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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11266
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14062
13 Actual Demand 10978
14 Aggregate Planning 11902
15 Air Cargo 9821
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6422
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34552
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15194
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18901
20 Assembly Line 21544
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22662
22 Average Speed of Answer 26364
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22663
24 Batch Production 37666
25 Bill Discounting 14149
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10819
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6921
28 Blanket Release 9759
29 Bonded Warehouse 9856
30 Booking Number 13419
31 Bottleneck 9243
32 Buffer Stock 58349
33 Build to Stock 12721
34 Bullwhip Effect 9292
35 Business Logistics 25116
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12328
37 Capacity Management 39594
38 Capacity Utilization 13787
39 Capital Intensive 8109
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8388
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11852
42 Certified Supplier 8817
43 Channel Effectiveness 8777
44 Co-Destiny 9050
45 Co-managed Inventory 12213
46 Co-Packers 11555
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6625
48 Computer-Based Training 7507
49 Consular Invoice 19343
50 Container Depot 10370
51 Container Freight Station 10131
52 Continuous Replenishment 19212
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11835
54 Contract Carrier 7205
55 Contract of Affreightment 11196
56 Control Charts 7768
57 Cost Flow 10076
58 Courier Service 14898
59 CPFR 8019
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11545
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43400
62 Date Code 17772
63 Days of Supply 19503
64 Dead on Arrival 8950
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7090
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7877
67 Detective Control 8703
68 Devanning 14003
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10618
70 Dispatching 23698
71 Distributed Inventory 8178
72 Distribution Channel Management 34108
73 Distribution Metrics 8743
74 Distribution Planning 23926
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14877
76 Double Marginalization 52253
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22014
78 Dual 5288
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20319
80 Echelon Inventory 25878
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37978
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48933
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7425
84 Efficient Frontier 25014
85 Engineer-to-Order 31293
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15984
87 Erlang B Formula 9122
88 ETD 8104
89 Ex Works 7681
90 Exception Rate 13175
91 Exponential smoothing 9627
92 External Growth 9840
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9224
94 Field Services 7593
95 Field Warehouse 9706
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8461
97 Fishbone Diagram 14330
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26566
99 Flow Through Distribution 12069
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7946
101 FOB Destination 12706
102 Forward buying 29751
103 Freight Charge 10115
104 Freight Consolidation 7342
105 Gantt Chart 8125
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11460
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29219
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12444
109 Hub 23077
110 Idle Time 7878
 
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